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Lansdowne Friends meeting materials

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-231
Abstract

This collection contains materials from the Lansdowne Friends meeting.

Dates: 1960-1999

Herbert Nicholson papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-138
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of Herbert Nicholson. It includes sections of a manuscript, letters to Herbert Nicholson from individuals he met in Japan, photographs of Herbert Nicholson and others, and Nicholson's research notes related to Japanese internment.

Dates: 1949-1982

North House minutes

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-034
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume of the minutes of the Sixth and Noble streets association, hosted at the North House, a Quaker center in Philadelphia during the 19th and early 20th century.

Dates: 1905-1920

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting News photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-220
Abstract

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends began publishing a newsletter in 1963 and continued until 2009. This collection consists of photographs collected for use in the publication, from the late 1980s into the early 2000s.

Dates: 1987 - 2001

Esther B. Rhoads collection on Quakers in Japan

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-950-156
Abstract

This collection is comprised of three folders of materials related to Quakers in Japan, and specifically focuses on information about Anna C. Hartshorne, an American Quaker, and Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese Quaker, collected by Esther B. Rhoads.

Dates: 1897-1935

Rhoads-Evans-Garrett Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1331
Abstract

The William Evans Rhoads family papers collection contains letters, financial material, deeds, photographs, genealogical charts and more, related to William Evans Rhoads, his children, and his ancestors extending back to the early 1800s. William Evans Rhoads was a Quaker businessman living in Moorestown, New Jersey at the turn of the 20th century.

Dates: 1699-2011

Khalil A. Totah and Eva Marshall Totah papers

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Identifier: HC.MC-1210
Abstract The papers revolve around three topics and provide a picture of Quakers in Palestine in the 20th century: Khalil A. Totah, his second wife, Eva Marshall Totah and his first wife, Ermina Jones Totah. Khalil Totah discusses the situation in Palestine, primarily in the 1930s, and speaks of his own life and aspirations, as when he became a Quaker minister. His diaries expand the picture, adding information about Friends Boys School in Ramallah (Palestine) and his understanding of the political...
Dates: 1896-1955

Vaux collection of correspondence, documents and graphics

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1167
Abstract

The collection provides insights into several issues important within the history of Quakerism, such as the abolition of slavery, education and Native American rights, as well as graphics depicting American travel views, Native American sites, Haverford College, Quaker individuals and places associated with Quakers.

Dates: 1659-1978

Elizabeth Gray Vining papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1141
Abstract

Elizabeth Gray Vining (1902-1999) was an author of children’s books and served as the tutor to the crown prince of Japan, Akihito, from 1946 to 1950. The collection consists of correspondence, materials regarding books authored by Vining, articles, lectures and addresses, photographs, and information documenting her and her family's lives.

Dates: 1897-1989

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American Friends Service Committee 5
Jones, Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew), 1863-1948 5
Hartshorne, Anna C. (Anna Cope) 3
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Westtown Boarding School 3
Brinton, Anna Cox 2
Brinton, Howard Haines, 1884-1973 2
Cadbury family 2
Cadbury, Catherine J. 2
Cadbury, Henry J. (Henry Joel), 1883-1974 2
Cadbury, William Warder 2
Coleman, John Royston 2
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 2
Harvard University 2
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 2
Jones, Mary Hoxie 2
Jones, Thomas Elsa, 1888-1973 2
Lloyd family 2
Nitobe, Inazō, 1862-1933 2
Pendle Hill (School: Wallingford, Pa.) 2
Pickett, Clarence, 1884-1965 2
Shipley family 2
Steere, Douglas V. (Douglas Van), 1901-1995 2
Vaux family 2
Akihito, Emperor of Japan 1
Allen family 1
Alsop family 1
Associated Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs 1
Bacon family 1
Bacon, Edith Farquhar, 1892-1988 1
Bacon, Elizabeth, 1794-1844 1
Bacon, Francis R. (Francis Rogers), 1888-1965 1
Bacon, George 1
Bacon, Samuel Allen, 1848-1908 1
Balderston, Lloyd, 1863-1933 1
Balderston, Mary F. 1
Bean family 1
Bean, Hannah E. (Hannah Elliott), 1830-1909 1
Bean, Joel, 1825-1914 1
Bloomfield family 1
Bloomfield, Isabella Macomb 1
Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823 1
Borton, Hugh 1
Bowles, Minnie, 1868-1958 1
Brinton family 1
Brinton, Edward 1
Brinton, Ruthanna 1
Brinton, Yuki 1
Brown family 1
Burton, Emma Cadbury 1
Cadbury, Catharine Balderston 1
Cadbury, Catharine Jones 1
Cadbury, Lydia Caroline Brown, 1889-1978 1
Cadbury, Sara Manatt 1
Canton Christian College 1
Canton Hospital (Guangzhou, China) 1
Carter family 1
Coates family 1
Coates, Benjamin Hornor, 1797-1881 1
Coates, Benjamin, 1808-1887 1
Coates, George M., 1845-1894 1
Coates, Sarah Hornor, 1825-1912 1
Coates, William Morrison, 1845-1937 1
Comfort family 1
Coppin, Fanny Jackson 1
Cox family 1
Cox, Alvin J., 1907- 1
Cox, Charles 1
Cresson family 1
Cresson, Caleb, 1775-1821 1
Cresson, Francis Macomb, 1867- 1
Cresson, George Vaux, 1836-1908 1
Cresson, Isabella Bloomfield Gumbes, 1844-1913 1
Cresson, Mary B. 1
Cresson, Sarah E., 1787-1870 1
Cresson, Susan Vaux, -1890 1
Cresson, William Penn, 1814-1892 1
Deer, Ada Elizabeth 1
Earlham College 1
Elfreth family 1
Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
Emlen family 1
Emlen, Sarah Foulke Farquhar (Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen), 1787-1849 1
Evans family 1
Evans, William Bacon, 1875-1964 1
Fell family 1
French family 1
Freund, Hans 1
Fry, Joan Mary 1
Garrett, Thomas Cresson, 1805-1888 1
Gibbins family 1
Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
Guilford College 1
Gumbes family 1
Gumbes, Francis 1
Gumbes, Rebecca W., 1789-1869 1
Gumbes, Samuel Wetherill, 1813-1865 1
Harris, John Hobbis 1
Hartshorne family 1
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